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Attributes of Piecewise and Step Functions
Attributes of Piecewise and Step Functions
Key Concepts:
Key Concepts:
Graph Piecewise and Step functions
Graph Piecewise and Step functions
Graph Piecewise and Step functions
Real World Problem:
The function below shows the weekly earnings of Jacob from his summer job.
- The graph says "tax rate" on the y-axis, and the line is increasing, which would suggest that the tax rate is increasing, when in fact he starts off talking about a constant rate (30%) not a changing rate, as indicated by the graph.
- The graph should at some point in the video be changed to a step function to match his sample calculation. Keep "Income" on the x-axis, label 0, 15000, and 45000, and show how the rate is "flat" in three different sections and jumps from one rate (20%) to the next (25%), skipping all the rates in between.
SAT Prep Question:
- These two peicewise functions represent parts of functions and would result a graph looking like this...
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